In his latest piece for the Chronicle of Higher Education , reporter Dan Berrett writes that in 1967, California’s higher educational system was the envy of the world. But, earlier that year, newly-elected California Gov. Ronald Reagan, who won on a platform of cutting taxes and reducing state spending, told...

As Gov. Scott Walker gears up to give his biannual budget address on Tuesday night, many of his proposals are already widely known. But, one political analyst is expecting to see one last headline before Wednesday morning. “It’s hard to guess what it would be,” said Mordecai Lee, a former...

Gov. Scott Walker will introduce his next two-year state budget to the Legislature in an address that will clarify what cuts the governor wants to make in order to balance a budget currently facing a shortfall.

The new CEO of Lands' End is expected to breathe new life into the brand, according to retail industry analyst Jerry O'Brien of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Federica Marchionni comes to Dodgeville from clothing designer Dolce & Gabbana. O'Brien said that's the kind of background that could help Land's End...

Gov. Scott Walker won’t officially release his state budget until Tuesday. But one county is already gearing up to sue if it includes a drug testing requirement for those receiving government assistance. Walker made a campaign promise to drug test childless adults who get W-2 welfare, FoodShare, Medicaid or unemployment...

Carlotta Walls LaNier , the youngest of the Little Rock Nine and author of " A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School ," is speaking in Wausua on Monday, February 2nd. The Little Rock Nine were instrumental in desegreating public schools in the United States.

President Obama's newly released budget focuses on education, childcare, paid leave, and infrastructure. We discuss how the president plans to fund these programs, and if the Republican-controlled Congress will go along with his ideas.

A Democrat on the state legislature's joint finance committee said she'll lobby to reduce Gov. Scott Walker's proposed $300 million budget cut for the University of Wisconsin System. At a news conference ahead of the governor's Tuesday budget address, Madison Rep. Chris Taylor said Republicans should be open to compromise.

Its been more than 42 years since the controversial Roe v. Wade case and yet the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion continues to be a political and legal battle. U.S. House Republicans recently passed a law aimed at making sure federal money can’t be used to pay...

Just days before laying out his statewide agenda in a budget address to the Wisconsin Legislature, Gov. Scott Walker appeared on a national news program to talk about how he would handle Syria and other foreign policy issues if he were president.

A biologist and attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity says that while there have been modest gains in the population of monarch butterflies, the species needs to be given federal protections under the Endangered Species Act in order to save it from further decline.